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Team profile: Tunisia

Tunisia arrive in Germany as the quiet achiever of the African qualifiers. The fact that they have reached their fourth finals and third in succession has been largely ignored, due to the attention afforded to the four debutants from the CAF. Yet to progress from the group stages, they will see this

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FIFA Ranking: 21

Coach: Roger Lemerre

Key players: Karim Saidi, Silva dos Santos, Kaies Ghodhbane

World Cup record: Fourth appearance

Best finish: First round (1978, 1998, 2002)

Last appearance: First round 2002

Key question: Can the Brazilian born Silva dos Santos inspire the North Africans?